Lumiere English academy
A Basic Grammar
Lesson 28
Comprehension Sample Answers
to Lesson 27 at Link
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EXERCISE
1. Do you think the writer is being truthful when she says she is not interested in
having a good reputation? If she is not, why would she express the contrary?
having a good reputation? If she is not, why would she express the contrary?
The writer is not truthful when she says she is not interested in having a good
reputation.
She expresses the contrary because she is trying to pretend to herself
that the emotional pain she suffered at the injustice of the unmerited slur on her
character did not affect her.
reputation.
She expresses the contrary because she is trying to pretend to herself
that the emotional pain she suffered at the injustice of the unmerited slur on her
character did not affect her.
2. Why would her easy-going father have been so unusually firm about the attack
on her?
on her?
Her easy-going father would have been so unusually firm about the attack on her,
because he is a man of integrity, who demands that his children be treated with
integrity.
3. Would you rather work for the librarian than for Miss Mark's supervisor? See blog
Why or why not?
I would rather work for the librarian than for Miss Mark's supervisor.
The reason is because the librarian was truly trying to be fair to all his staff,
not only to the one who had been insulted, whereas Miss Mark's supervisor spoke
4. Why do you think the story is titled: "Storm in a teacup"?
I think the story is titled "Storm in a teacup" because the phrase means much ado
about nothing, and is a pun on the fact that the former 'enemy' ended up reading the
writer's future from tealeaves.
writer's future from tealeaves.
5. Why was the librarian Solomon-like?
To what story in the Bible does this refer?
To what story in the Bible does this refer?
The librarian was Solomon-like because he was impartially fair to both women,
solving the dilemma with no loss of dignity on either woman's side.
The story in the Bible to which this refers is where Solomon made a decision
between two women regarding an infant both claimed for her own.
The story in the Bible to which this refers is where Solomon made a decision
between two women regarding an infant both claimed for her own.
6. What does the librarian's refusal to take sides say of the man as a supervisor?
The librarian's refusal to take sides shows that he had equal respect for both
women.
Dr Luky Whittle
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